Department of Justice, Law, & Society
The Department of Justice, Law, & Society is home to 26 full-time faculty, 200 undergraduate majors, and approximately 40 graduate students. JLS is home to AU's mock trial team, which has become a nationally competitive squad under the guidance of faculty coach Jessica Waters.
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“... the Department of Justice is committed to asking one central question of everything we do: What is the right thing to do? Now that can produce debate, and I want it to be spirited debate. I want the lawyers of America to be able to call me and tell me: Janet, have you lost your mind?”
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